Economics for Today 9th Edition by Irvin Tucker

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A government policy that charges coal producers a fee per ton of coal produced (an "effluent charge") where the fee is determined by the amount of pollutants discharged into the air or water will lead to a (an)
A) decrease in the market equilibrium quantity of coal produced.
B) a decrease in the market equilibrium price of coal.
C) increase in the market equilibrium price of coal.
D) Both answers a. and c. are correct.